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As a result of the Division of Inclusion and Equity’s Campus Climate Survey results, the Kaufman Interfaith Institute teamed up with GVSU to evaluate students’ experiences
GV focuses on religious inclusivity
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The Grand Valley State lacrosse team opened its conference slate of games in Allendale over the weekend, dominating GLIAC opponents McKendree and Indianapolis
Lacrosse wins both GLIAC contests
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Alex Aninos, a music education major who was killed in a car accident in 2014, was honored by the music and dance department during a scholarship concert on March 25
Concert memorializes GV student
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BOOKWORMS: Students at Lincoln Elementary School in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan show off some of their new 3,191 books, provided by Read n’ Give. COURTESY | READ N’ GIVE
MOVING FORWARD: Google designer Marty Moore (right) spoke alongside GVSU student and former Google intern Jonathan Cook (left) about de-sign thinking and their time working at Google. The Design Thinking Initiative event was held on March 24 in the DeVos Center. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
arch is national reading month, and though the month is almost over, the Grand Valley State Univer-sity community can still
get involved with the celebration by taking part in the Read n’ Give book drive initiative.
Started over nine years ago through Crowe Horwath, an accounting firm, and nonprofit The LEAGUE Michigan, the Read n’ Give book drive is a statewide effort that aims to collect old books from community members, then partner up with nonprofit organizations to distrib-ute the books to local schools.
GVSU student Karl Lubinski is re-sponsible for bringing the effort to GV-SU’s campus as his honors senior project for the Frederik Meijer Honors College.
“I love the idea of raising books for at-risk kids,” Lubinski said. “I viewed Grand Valley as a potential resource to raise books and raise money. I saw it was an opportunity to give back to Grand Valley.”
Lubinski brought the book drive to campus in early March and plans on keeping the drive going until the third week of April. There are three drop-off locations: the faculty office areas in each of the Honors College, the College of Education and the Seidman College
tudents, faculty, staff and mem-bers of the Grand Rapids com-munity filled the seats and lined the walkways of the Loosemore Auditorium on March 24 to hear
Marty Moore talk about design thinking.Moore is a design manager and lead
product designer at Google. His talk is the seventh in the Design Thinking Initiative se-ries put on by GVSU. He focused on Google design and about a new process of design thinking called design sprints.
Moore explained the design process goes through a series of six steps: under-stand, define, diverge, decide, prototype and validate. That process used to happen anywhere in a six-month to a year-long period. However, design sprints shorten that process to only five days.
“At Google, we largely use (design sprints) for creating the experience for the new app or product,” he said. “You can also take an existing product and try to figure out where we want it to go.”
Design sprints were created to help create empathy for users and to provide great user experience and to create a deep understanding into the problems users were having. There is a team made up of five to eight people all with very diverse backgrounds to bring in different perspectives and insights. Then, a sprint mas-ter coordinates and leads the sprint.
Packing the process into five days might seem counterproductive, but it has actu-ally helped generate high-quality ideas in a shorter period of time.
“An intentional side effect of this is help-ing teams fail fast,” Moore said. “One of the big problems in design thinking is knowing if you’re hitting the right target. It’s not just about being creative and making sure you have the right process, it’s also making sure you’ve got something good.”
With design sprints, if the product or the idea fails, the team will know in five days, in-stead of putting in a lot of hard work for six months only for something to fail.
“Sprints sum up what I think about as de-sign thinking,” Moore said. “It’s really a process to help you be creative in a really structured way. So it takes out the barriers that you usually
have — meetings, distractions, a lot of projects you are juggling and it focuses it down to one week and it’s super effective.”
Moore noted that while sprints are “ultra-exhausting,” they are also a lot of fun and are a great way to generate ideas.
Jonathan Cook, a GVSU student who in-terned at Google last semester, joined Moore on stage to talk about his experience at Google.
“Everyone in the office was proactive in helping the interns get up to speed with the work they were doing,” he said. “It’s a culture where everyone wants to solve problems, and instead of just going out to solve problems first, they are actually looking at each other. Strong foundation really helps build a momentum to move outwards with new products.”
Google is always looking for people with diverse backgrounds who have pas-sion and the willingness to help others, Moore said. “Google has a top-level em-brace for design thinking.”
aking a test causes stress for most students, and even more so for those living with a disability.
During a general assembly on March 24, the Grand Valley State University stu-
dent senate discussed a resolution to create a uniform testing center in coordination with the Disability Sup-port Resources (DSR) office that would meet the needs of all students on campus.
While the DSR already provides testing accommo-dations for all students, it doesn’t have one uniform center that’s designed specifically for such purposes. If created, the center would be designed for both students with disabilities as well as those looking to make up a test outside of the classroom.
Statistics from the DSR reveal that there are currently 700 students registered with disabilities at the center, which equates to about 2.8 percent of the student population.
The resolution, which recognizes that one center would greatly simplify the test-taking process, is spon-sored by senators Jonathan Bowman of the campus af-fairs committee and Madison Rhoades of the diversity affairs committee. At the meeting, student senate Presi-dent Maddie Cleghorn opened up the floor for discus-sion about the possible benefits of the center.
Rhoades said the creation of a testing center would help get rid of the stigma attached to indi-viduals with learning disabilities.
“The center would not only help unify things and take the load off of the (DSR), but it also helps erase a bit of the stigma off of the people who need to go to the cen-ter for testing accommodations, so they don’t get singled out,” Rhoades said.
According to the Campus Climate Survey prelimi-nary results, 88 percent of those with disabilities said they were either “very comfortable” or “comfortable” with the campus climate.
However, 24 percent of those with disabilities also reported having a negative experience on campus.
Senator Noelle Milad expressed support for the reso-
Marty Moore talks design thinking at GV
Student senate discusses creatinga uniform DSR testing center
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of Business buildings.Thus far, Lubinski estimates that
he’s collected a few hundred books. In the Grand Rapids area, Lubinski said there is an estimated need for around 3,000 books.
Megan Lendman, a GVSU alumna and service learning coordinator for AmeriCorps in Grand Rapids, is also
hosting a Read n’ Give book drive to raise books in downtown Grand Rapids.
“Last year, this campaign raised and distributed over 10,000 books through-out Grand Rapids,” she said.
After receiving and counting the books, they will be sorted by age group.
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lution, stating the center would help to create an even more inclusive campus.
“We looked at some numbers in the Campus Climate Survey results about how comfortable people with disabilities feel, physical or nonphysical,” Milad said. “It wasn’t that a lot of people feel uncomfort-able, but I think (the center) would help raise the number of people who do feel comfortable because they have more re-source to go to, academic-wise.”
Maria Beelen, vice president of education-al affairs, added that the current system at the DSR is too convoluted and not effective.
“There’s so many people you need to email, and then people don’t reply and then it takes three weeks to take an exam,” Beelen said. “It would help so much to have just one place so they don’t have four different people talking to four other people. Right now, it’s not really a center. There’s not one thing to support all the communication.”
According to a survey conducted by the DSR on 143 faculty members, 90 percent said they were in support of the testing center.
None of the senators present at the meeting expressed disapproval of the testing center.
The student senate is expected to vote on the resolution during its next meeting on March 31.
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Lubinski is a member of the Kids in Motion stu-dent organization, an organization that works with underprivileged kids to get them physically active. The student orga-nization will get together to make bookmarks for the kids and will host a book fair at local schools to bring a portion of the books directly to the kids.
The rest of the books will be donated to fam-ily recipients of the Sal-vation Army, to reset-tled students through United Way Schools of Hope, to the Boys and Girls Club and to stu-dents who are part of the IMPACT program.
Lendman said she also plans on working with nonprofit commu-nity organizations like the West Michigan Refu-gee Center and the Kent County Department of Human Services, as well
as hosting charity events at local breweries, where a portion of people’s bills will benefit the cause.
“All of these organi-zations and schools are within the downtown area, so the idea is to encourage the people of Grand Rapids to pay attention to the litera-cy competency of our youth and have an ac-tive role in it,” she said. “People in Grand Rap-ids really like to buy beers for a cause.”
Lubinski said that though the initiative is still ongoing, he’s optimis-tic about raising plenty of books for local kids.
“A lot of us have books sitting on our shelves that we haven’t touched in 10, 15 years,” he said. “It’s a pretty easy task to bring in old books that you’re not going to be using that can be the gateway to future success for kids and someone’s new favorite book.”
Lendman agreed and encouraged anyone
to get involved in any way they can.
“Books that collect dust on our bookshelves are much more useful if they are passed around,” she said. “By giving and receiving books, we are cycling information in a way that only humans are capable of.”
Lendman is hosting a book drive and fun-draising event at Har-mony Hall on March 28. $1 of every beer sold will be collected to purchase books for the initiative.
For students who can’t partake in that event, there are drop-off locations on GVSU’s Al-lendale Campus at the Frederik Meijer Honors College in the faculty office suite. On GVSU’s Pew Campus, drop-off locations can be found on the second floor of the Seidman College of Business and in the fac-ulty office suite of the College of Education.
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HEARTSIDE GLEANING INITIATIVE WINS 5X5 COMPETITION
A program that creates access to healthy food for residents in the Heartside neighborhood was award-ed $5,000 at the Grand Valley State University 5x5 Competition on March 23.
The Heartside Gleaning Initiative (HGI) beat out four other GVSU teams to win the prize, and was given just five minutes to present their idea to five judges.
Located in Grand Rapids, the Heartside neighbor-hood is in need of healthy food due to the lack of local grocery stores and the low income of its residents. HGI will use the $5,000 prize to purchase a cargo van that will distribute healthy food throughout the greater Grand Rapids community.
GV AWARDED FOR ITS ADVISING WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) awarded Grand Valley State University with the Beacon Award for its work in shaping the next generation of college students.
GVSU is one of 12 universities in the AdviseMI partnership, a program that sends advisers to West Michigan high schools to help students prepare for college. In their work, advisers work with students on admissions exams, college applications, as well as financial aid and scholarship applications.
The award was accepted by GVSU Provost Gayle Davis at the MCAN’s sixth annual conference on March 8 in Lansing, Michigan. In 2015, GVSU advisers were placed in Grand Rapids University Prep Academy, Muskegon Heights Academy, Montague High School and Muskegon High School.
CELEBRATING WOMEN AWARDSBoth men and women from Grand Valley State
University will be celebrated for their positive impact on the lives of women during the Celebrating Women Awards on March 29.
The show is a collaborative effort between the Women’s Center, the women, gender and sexuality department and Positive Black Women. Awards include the Emerging Professional Award, the Unsung Hero Award, as well as the Outstanding Student Award.
The Celebrating Women Awards is set to take place from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room.
‘AMP UP YOUR POWER’The Women’s Center Storyteller Series will continue with
a workshop that has participants realizing their own story in musical form on March 30.
The workshop will be hosted by Steffanie Rosalez, program director for the Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Cook Arts Center, and local hip hop artist Lady Ace Boogie. Together, the two will help participants articulate their own stories through music-making and songwriting activities.
“Amp Up Your Power with Steffanie Rosalez and Lady Ace Boogie” will take place from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. in Room 2270 of the Kirkhof Center.
GENE KNIFIC TRIO TO PERFORM AT ARTS AT NOONThe latest installment of the Grand Valley State
University Arts at Noon series will feature a performance from the Gene Knific Trio on March 30.
The Gene Knific Trio performs a variety of different styles ranging from jazz classics to pop, rock and folk music. The group’s leader, Gene Knific, is a pianist, composer and arranger who has won multiples awards in both the jazz and chamber music circuit.
The performance is free to the public and will take place from noon until 1 p.m. in the Cook-DeWitt Center on GVSU’s Allendale Campus.
For more information about the event, go to www.gvsu.edu/artsatnoon.
MAKING CONNECTIONS: A GVSU student speaks with Michael Wal-lace from Pfizer at the career fair on Feb. 26. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
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he only time college students will willingly jump out of bed at 6:50 a.m. is when class regis-tration opens at 7 a.m.
Every Grand Valley State Uni-versity student has gone through the same
struggle of laying out the perfect classes, picking the best sections with favorite teach-ers at favorable times, only to enter all of the class registration numbers into myBanner to meet one of many terrible fates: myBanner has crashed due to overload of the server, the wifi is down due to overuse, or, worst of all, there are no sections of a class left.
“Registration is stressful, because there are
a lot of students trying to get into classes,” said Danielle Leek, an associate professor and aca-demic adviser. “It’s done on a computer, where there’s a lot of coding that determines whether a class is available to a student or not. Some-times there’s mistakes in the system, some-times a student doesn’t understand what is available to them or not available to them.”
Registering for classes can be hard, but with adequate planning and preparation, it can be a breeze.
“I recommend working with an adviser and using myPath when planning out a schedule,” said Laura Przybytek, associate registrar. “It’s also a good idea to have a few alternative classes lined up.”
Some majors at GVSU have hundreds of students, which causes sections of classes to fill up more quickly than others. This is especially hard for underclassmen, because older students with more credits get prior-ity when registering for classes.
Working with an academic adviser to lay out classes ahead of time to get the right general education credits and take the right prerequisites is the easiest course of action for many students, since myBanner can
only tell students what they need, but not what sections are offered and when.
Leek suggests meeting with advisers well before registration week in order to figure everything out in time. She said that advisers tend to get swamped with advisees the closer it is to registration, so going in early is a good idea.
“Some advisers have 200 or 300 advi-sees,” Leek said. “There’s literally no way for them to talk to their advisees in one week.”
Przybytek said that her office works hard to make sure things go smoothly for stu-dents when it comes to registration day.
“Preparation for advanced registration is an ongoing endeavor,” she said. “It’s a culmination of a multi-office collabora-tion, which includes building an annual schedule to meet the needs of students. We spend a significant amount of time test-ing the systems and ensure that our staff is available and prepared to assist students with any questions or concerns.”
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he results of Grand Val-ley State University’s recent Campus Climate Survey have been re-viewed and the univer-
sity is now utilizing that informa-tion to make some changes to better serve the campus community.
The Division of Inclusion and Equity and The Kaufman Interfaith Institute are two campus organiza-tions taking initiative to get the ball rolling on creating solutions for stu-dents of different faiths across cam-pus. The organizations held drop-in dialogue and listening sessions on March 21 and 23 to listen to the ideas and suggestions students, faculty and staff had regarding reli-gious, spiritual and secular identity.
Participants were able to fill out a survey on how they feel about re-ligious identity on campus and ex-
plain why they feel the way that they do. They could also engage in con-versation with other participants and the organization leaders to dis-close their thoughts and feelings.
The Kaufman Interfaith Institute is a community-oriented organization based at GVSU that aims to promote positive interaction within the reli-giously diverse population on cam-pus. Katie Gordon, program manager for the institute, said the goal of the event was to get a better understand-ing of what’s behind the numbers from the Campus Climate Survey.
“We wanted to hear what the needs and experiences are from students,” Gordon said. “Now we can do more intentional outreach work, we can meet with other stu-dent organizations making sure we’re getting representation of the religious diversity on campus.”
The event provided an opportu-nity for the university to understand both positive and negative experi-ences that members of the campus
community have encountered.“The climate survey gave us the
numbers, but events like this gives us qualitative information about par-ticular identity groups,” said Andrew Plague, an intern for the Division of Inclusion and Equity. “It’s the stories behind the numbers we want to hear. This can allow us to analyze and im-prove the campus environment for underrepresented groups.”
The organizations hope to hold more campus-wide dialogues in group settings where students can share their stories. The objective is to encourage discussion so that the uni-versity can ensure a comfortable en-vironment for all students by imple-menting growth and changes.
With many international events bringing up the discussion of reli-gion, students are encouraged to have open conversation.
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DIVERSITY
INCLUSIVITY: The Kaufman Interfaith Institute program manager, Katie Gordon, is the host of the religious & spiritual identity listening sessions. GVL | SARA CARTE
n the modern, digital world, many connections and conversations are online. The internet is a powerful tool, and when used for more than sharing selfies and cat .gifs, it can jump start a person’s professional life. The website LinkedIn provides a huge opportunity to
grow a professional network and open up doors to starting a career.It’s easy to think of LinkedIn as just another name on the
long list of social media sites that exist today, but LinkedIn is far beyond just another way to connect with people.
“This is an online version of your resume and portfo-lio, and the most efficient way to build your professional network,” said Breeann Gorham, associate director of the Grand Valley State University Career Center.
For students who are interested in growing their network online but aren’t sure where to start, GVSU’s Career Center is a valuable resource when creating a profile. The Career Center strongly en-dorses the website as a tool to make moves professionally, and gives tips and workshops periodically about how to use it effectively.
Networking is an incredibly important part of finding a job in competitive industries. LinkedIn gives the user the ability to talk to representatives of companies, get information about companies and even apply for jobs that companies post to the website.
Users can even follow companies to learn new informa-tion about them, and see when new jobs are posted.
LinkedIn reports that its user base is over 414 million and still growing. The website is full of groups in all kinds of professional fields, and most people on the site under-stand that networking is a main goal.
“People on LinkedIn they know what that site is for, so they’re very receptive to relationship building that way, help-ing out if they can,” Gorham said. “Students might feel shy at first, but they always get a warm reception. People are usually willing to answer questions about their job or their company.”
LinkedIn can be used to keep in contact with people from college, former coworkers, professors and former bosses in addition to just meeting professionals. The web-site is about maintaining a network as well as building one.
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rom the surface, Grand Rapids and Allendale seem very distant. After living in
both cities for some time now, I can confirm that they are two entirely different places.
It doesn’t take much time to notice the disparities. Allen-dale, and I say this affection-ately, is your typical podunk, nothing-nowhere town. Grand Rapids is quite the contrast, such a lively city with much
to do. As you might imagine, each city offers its unique ad-vantages and disadvantages.
To my surprise, my time in Allendale did have some adverse effects on my health. I imagine I’ve done permanent damage to my shoulder, as it seemed that once a week a bolted door would surprise me as I would attempt to enter my apartment, only to stand me up and reject my entry.
We never kept our front door locked, as we never needed to. There were always people in and out, our neigh-bors must have thought we were running a trap house. While I do not suggest keeping your door unlocked, I always felt safe and secure when I was living in Allendale. Aside from that, Allendale offered a lot of open space for my friends and I to play whiffle ball, football, snow sports and anything else we wanted to do.
Once you exert all of your energy and the clock strikes
8 p.m., your options truly narrow. I understand that the 20/20 Desk and the Grand Valley State University events page list things to do, but if I’m being honest, those are not real options. Nobody wants to go to the Kirkhof Center to catch the 9 p.m. showing of an old movie on a Friday night. This is where Allendale falters; the nightlife just doesn’t cut it.
Grand Rapids, coinciden-tally, has not been good for my health either. Living close to Ionia Street will do that to you. A stark contrast to Allendale, there is a plethora of options to consider when deciding what to do. Whether you want to go to a sporting event, a festival or a comedy show, Grand Rapids has it all.
Aside from the main draws however, with every city comes a few hole-in-the-wall joints and Grand Rapids does not disappoint on that front either. However, with all of that population comes a few bad
eggs. As a result, I do not feel as safe as I did in Allendale. As a matter of fact, you have to pass through two doors when you enter my apartment, and I lock both. Perhaps this comes from the fact that I don’t know my neighbors either. My block is interspersed with college kids and working adults, so I am a lot more mindful when it comes to being noisy.
Furthermore, I am basi-cally boxed in. While there are far more basketball courts within walking distance, they are rarely occupied with a game and unless you live near a park, your backyard prob-ably does not suffice when it comes to room to run.
I suppose what I am try-ing to say is don’t rush out of one city to get to the next. While Grand Rapids looks glamorous, Allendale should not be disregarded. Each city has its unique draws and you have to make the most of them while you are there.
he other day, my best friend from home told me our favorite building had been torn
down. Now, the marvelous school has become an aban-doned, open field. The gym. The auditorium. The dance studio. The classrooms. The of-fice. It’s all gone. It’s as if it was never on that street.
There will be people who drive by and see noth-ing and think nothing of the school’s absence. And
they’re not wrong — there’s nothing visible. Those peo-ple won’t know that there used to be something.
But we will know. We will drive by and we will see nostal-gia and loss. Our recollections of singing in the auditorium will faintly hum back. Old halls full of adventure will flash in the reflections of our sunglass-es. Running silhouettes will scream merrily, then disinte-grate back into the rusty grass.
All of the lives that trav-eled through that build-ing have withered away into oblivion. No physical remnant could reveal what a glory it was to explore that little school’s halls on a sum-mer’s day. Only our memo-ries can revive its existence.
I knew this time was com-ing, though. I knew the walls were weak, the metal rusty, and the floors were danger-ous. She wasn’t preserved and surely wasn’t flourishing. Someone new had bought her and a closing was ap-
proaching. I really hoped they would work with what they had and rebuild the school to its former glory, but they scrapped it.
Yes, I knew, but at the same time I didn’t. It was outside of my mind. This purchase didn’t feel real until our last visit was actually our last visit ever. No returning.
The disappearance is shocking and made me think of all the other people who had developed a genuine connection with buildings. Maybe even some with the same school. Then I thought of people that might form a connection with this school’s replacement and the building that this school itself replaced. With this thought, I feel united and relieved.
There’s a cycle of love and pain that construction creates: building our sanctuaries only to eventually tear them down and then build someone else’s sanctuary. Imagining the past lives of the buildings we enter
daily is quite provoking. In the smallest ways, there are so many lives in inanimate objects through their history.
Every building has a story and so many people that have walked in and out of that dream. Each day I look out my window at the amazing work that has been done on the new 48th Avenue apart-ment buildings. It looks re-markably different each time I pass on my way to school.
One day, someone will live in those apartments, create memories and make that work of construction into a life. Then someone else will do the same thing. They’ll all be little puzzle pieces into what makes buildings so special — time.
The past, present and future of architecture solidifies it into something much stronger than any building material — feel-ings. Even the exact memory will fade in time. They can’t live forever, but the feeling and the connection, I have faith that can’t just disintegrate.
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t’s no secret that Grand Valley State University isn’t very diverse — racially, eco-
nomically or religiously. We’re doing better now than we ever have before, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.
There’s no better reminder of who and what the universi-ty really cares about than when popular Christian holidays roll around. During the Christmas season, the Office of Student Life sets up a Christmas-themed photo booth, but there are no photo booths for non-Christian holidays that fall around the same time, like Hanukkah or Kwanzaa.
March 27 was Easter, wherein Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. Purim took place on March 23 and 24, a popular Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of the Jewish people from Ha-men, a Persian king who planned to destroy all Jewish people. Holi, a colorful Hindu holiday celebrating spring, also took place on March 24.
Yet, it was just one of these holidays that was celebrated on GVSU’s campus this past week. GVSU hosted a cam-pus-wide Easter egg hunt to celebrate the holiday. The en-tire campaign was all in good fun, promoting the university as egg-finders were encour-aged to post their found eggs on social media, but even things as simple as an egg hunt can be frustrating to those Laker community members who don’t find themselves among the majority.
When there is a campus-wide event featuring events very clearly tied to just one of three holidays being cel-ebrated in the same time frame, it can feel alienating to those students, faculty and staff who do not participate in Easter celebrations.
There is absolutely noth-ing wrong with bringing a little spring joy to GVSU,
but that joy could have eas-ily been spread around to in-clude more Lakers.
Purim is commonly known as one of the more joyous Jewish holidays, as participants celebrate by dressing up in costumes and dancing. Purim is frequently marked with a parade or a carnival, which could have been a great opportunity to expose GVSU students to a little interfaith learning in a fun, hands-on way.
Holi is famously celebrated by applying and throwing col-ored water and powders on friends and family, something that sounds absolutely perfect for a little mid-semester mer-rymaking at GVSU.
Both of these holidays have a home at GVSU, and not just because there are students at GVSU who identify with these religions. Celebrating Christian and non-Christian holidays would not only help GVSU’s interfaith efforts be more inclusive, but it would be a fantastic opportunity to expose students to unfamiliar traditions and celebrations.
GVSU has long had a bad history when it comes to be-ing religiously inclusive. This years’ Campus Life Night, which had to be rescheduled due to a large number of Jew-ish students celebrating Rosh Hashana, one of the most reli-giously significant Jewish holi-days, on the day Campus Life Night was scheduled for.
In the 2011 Campus Climate Survey, 67 percent of respondents identified their religion as a Chris-tian denomination. In the 2015 survey, that number dropped to 63 percent.
As GVSU continues to become more diverse, the university needs to under-stand that there is more to diversity than the color of someone’s skin. Christian privilege is just as real as white privilege, and it’s time that GVSU recognizes that.
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“I’m Christian-Catholic, so to me it’s not a big deal. If I was another religion, I probably wouldn’t care. People celebrate what they want to celebrate.”
“I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t. I don’t know why eggs have anything to do with Christianity. I don’t think they are denying anyone else to go Easter egg hunting.”
“Easter eggs are more of a commercial aspect than a religious aspect, so I don’t see the issue.”
“I think it’s appropriate. That form of Easter isn’t affiliated with religion. An Easter egg hunt is more for kids’ enjoyment.”
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quality among the genders is a topic at the forefront of national discus-sion, particularly
in conversations about diver-sity in the workplace.
Grand Valley State Uni-versity students and com-munity have the opportunity to learn about diversity in companies from one of the university’s own Board of Trustees, Mary Kramer.
On March 29, Kramer will be presenting a Breakfast Series lecture from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. at the L. William Seidman Center on GVSU’s Pew Campus.
Kramer’s lecture, “Hur-ray for Hush Puppies: Why West Michigan companies are adding women to their corporate boards,” will take a look at a few of Michigan’s largest publicly-traded com-panies and their scorecards, as well as offer some ideas for ways of adding more diver-sity to their corporate ranks.
“Some European coun-tries have placed legal quotas on companies to ensure di-versity on their board of di-rectors,” Kramer said. “Quo-tas aren’t the right path.”
For example, Kramer said that Germany has a quota for how many women must be on the board of directors
in companies, but she be-lieves quotas such as this can cause people to view women as not having “earned” a place on the board due to their own merit.
Vonnie Herrera, direc-tor of external relations and communication in the Seid-man College of Business, said the presentation will bring an awareness to students about the corporate envi-ronment, focus-ing on how em-ployees of both genders should have to be con-sidered for board service at an ap-propriate stage in their careers.
“Mary will motivate and inspire students to think strategi-cally about their future choices,” Herrera said. “She’s a real spark plug to make people think and take action.”
Kramer said she finds it interesting that some of the companies with the greatest diversity are based in West Michigan, like Kellogg Co., which is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, has 38 percent women employees.
Kramer added that as consumers, people make choices with their spending power every day, and it does not hurt to understand who
is running the show behind the products being bought.
“I support companies that show they understand they can be a better compa-ny because they have diver-sity at the top,” she said.
Kramer is a 1979 graduate of GVSU and the current chair of the finance committee on the GVSU Board of Trustees.
Herrera said Peter F. Sec-chia, a donor to GVSU who made the Break-fast Series pos-sible, extended the invitation for Kramer to speak after he recognized her talent and the impact she has in both Detroit and throughout Michigan.
Both Kramer and Herrera said this lecture can
be beneficial to students as they look for future employment.
Herrera added that this is an opportunity for stu-dents to collect experiences for career preparation and show alums and the busi-ness community that they are taking advantage of the chance to learn and grow outside the classroom.
This Breakfast Series is free and open to the public, but po-tential attendees are asked to RSVP online beforehand.
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The Ottawa County Sheriff ’s Office has identified the subject who was listed in the campus-wide safety notice last week. They are continuing their investigation of the report.
Once the investigation is complete, informa-tion will be released to the public.
Fieldhouse employees, students assist in health emergency
A 51-year-old male suffered from what ap-
pears to have been a heart attack after utilizing his gym membership to play racketball at the Grand Valley State University Fieldhouse Arena.
Emergency responders were called around 7:30 a.m. on March 25. Students working at the Fieldhouse worked to provide the man with emergency medical assistance.
“Grand Valley students and employees were vital to the handling of the emergency,” said GVPD Capt. Brandon DeHaan. “We are very proud of the work done and we wish the best for the outcome of this situation.”
Emergency personnel transported the man to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he is currently housed in the intensive care unit.
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LinkedIn can be a great tool for a network, but it should not be depended on for all your networking needs.
“This shouldn’t be the only way you network, it should be the way you file your network, so you can still make personal connections and be face to face as much as possible,” Gorham said. “Your email rapport, may-be a phone conversation will be
more effective than if you just message through LinkedIn.”
While it’s easy to com-pare LinkedIn to other so-cial media, there are some key differences that separate it from other websites, such as behavioral etiquette.
“We want students to re-ally understand that it’s not to be used like Facebook,” Gorham said. “It’s not to stay connected to friends, it’s not social. It’s not to post pictures and make people laugh, it’s
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STUDENT EXHIBITION BY ELEANORE LUBBERS, AMELIA MACHELSKI AND KATHRYN MCALLISTER, BFA STUDENTS IN ILLUSTRATION
GVSU senior illustration students Eleanore Lubbers, Amelia Machelski and Katherine McAllister will be pre-senting their work from April 4 to April 7 in the Stuart B. and Barbara H. Padnos Student Art and Design Gallery in the Calder Art Center. A closing reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 7.
STUDENT EXHIBITION BY RIKKI PAEPKE AND KELLYN SANDERS, BFA STUDENTS IN ILLUSTRATION
GVSU senior illustration students Rikki Paepke and Kellyn Sanders will be installing their senior thesis show in the Craft House Gallery in downtown Grand Rapids. Their show, “Meraki,” represents their passion for art. “Meraki” is a Greek word used to describe doing something with soul, creativity or love. Their show will be open from April 10 to April 15. They will be holding a reception for their show from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 15.
STUDENT EXHIBITION BY KAYLEIGH GAUTHIER, HALLIE HOFMAN AND ANNA PETLICK, BFA STUDENTS IN PAINTING, VISUAL STUDIES AND JEWELRY AND METALS
GVSU senior BFA art students Kayleigh Gauthier, Hallie Hofman, Anna Petlick are inviting the public to their show, “Residual Bodies.” The show will be open to the public on April 11 through April 14 in the Stuart B. and Barbara H. Padnos Student Art and Design Gallery in the Calder Art Center.
The closing reception will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 14. Refreshments will be available. The show will contain collage/paintings, installation, jewelry and metalwork, as well as conceptual art. Each of the artists come from a different focus of art, and have creat-ed works that all have connections to how various bodies leave a residual impact on their surroundings.
STUDENT EXHIBITION BY CAROLINE ELSNER, EMMA DUFORT, BRIANNE MCBRYDE, NICK BALDWIN AND LYNN HUNSANGER, BFA STU-DENTS IN ILLUSTRATION
GVSU senior illustration students Caroline Elsner, Emma DuFort, Brianne McBryde, Nick Baldwin and Lynn Husanger will be installing the show “Bloom: A BFA Show” into the Art Gallery in the Performing Arts Center. The show will be open from April 11 to April 14. The show is about the creation of narratives concerning life, wheth-er they are fantastic or realistic. There will be a reception at from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 14.
STUDENT EXHIBITION BY SEAN HAMILTON, BFA STUDENT IN ILLUSTRATION
GVSU senior illustration student Sean Hamilton will present his senior BFA exhibition in the Mary Idema Pew Library Exhibition Space from April 18 to April 21. A public reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 21.
STUDENT EXHIBITION BY JACOB KNOTH, CHELSEY SALL AND DEAVEN WORLEY-WATT, BFA STUDENTS IN ILLUSTRATION AND CERAMICS
GVSU senior art students Jacob Knoth, Chelsey Sall and Deaven Worley-Watt will be installing their senior BFA show into the Stuart B. and Barbara H. Padnos Student Art and Design Gallery in the Calder Art Center from April 18 to April 21. There will be a closing reception held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 21.
ANCHOR POINTS, GRAPHIC DESIGN BFA EXHIBITIONThe 13 graphic design BFA students present their
senior BFA exhibition with a public reception from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on April 22 in the Richard App Gallery, 910 Cherry St. SE, in Grand Rapids.
onoring Alex Aninos’ leg-acy, students, faculty, staff and community members all gathered together to hold the Alex Aninos Memo-
rial Scholarship Concert on March 25. A music education major, a saxophonist and an active member of the communi-ty, Aninos left a lasting impact on those who knew him, and those who knew him hope to remember him through the for-mation of an annual scholarship.
Aninos was killed in a car accident in 2014 and since then, music students and faculty members have been working to cre-ate a scholarship in his name. For the peo-ple involved, the concert and the scholar-ship are representative of Aninos’ memory.
“Alex was one of those music students that was just really excited to be involved in every single part of the music program and he certainly reached out and touched a lot of students’ lives,” said music edu-cation professor Beth Gibbs. “I think it’s very clear with all of the participation from the student groups (at this concert) that he’s somebody who was really con-nected with people and who certainly motivated people to be better.”
To help represent Aninos, the GVSU chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) worked with Gibbs and saxophone professor Dan Graser to create an annual scholarship of $1500 for music students who have shown a “turn around” in their career. Wanting the scholarship to be based on Aninos’ time at GVSU, the faculty and students involved chose to highlight the fact that while Ani-nos had initially struggled at GVSU, he was eventually able to turn that around.
“Alex, as a few students do, started having doubts about his degree,” Graser said. “He and I had a lot of talks about this and he realized very quickly that he could be an absolutely wonderful musician, but that so far his work ethic was letting him down. He became more enthusiastic about teaching. He became a regular pres-ence in the practice hallway because he was practicing more. When he was there, he was helping out his colleagues.
“I think he went from not enjoying the routine of being a music education major, to realizing that he really was enjoying mu-sic and was really looking forward to being a music teacher. Because of that realiza-tion, his grades got better, his saxophone abilities got better and generally his atti-tude became the ideal working attitude.”
Devin Clark, a senior horn player at GVSU who performed at the scholar-ship concert, was one student Aninos had reached out to. He said Aninos be-came his friend and mentor after they met in the practice hallway.
“When I was a freshman here, I was panicked, looking for a practice room and Alex came out and spotted me and said I could use his, he was done for the night anyway,” Clark said. “He brought me into his practice room and asked me where I was from and was genu-inely interested in what I said.
“He made you feel free and like you could do anything.”
Graser said the Alex Aninos Scholar-ship will differ from typical merit schol-arships that are awarded to students applying to GVSU. He said the scholar-ship will help to reward the type of “turn around” that Aninos experienced.
“Nobody is perfect. Nobody comes in (to the music program) and instantly everything clicks,” Graser said. “There should be some way to reward people who really make a concerted effort, who really work at improving themselves. You want to award achievement at ev-ery level, and sometimes students come in with a high level of achievement, or sometimes after a year, or two or three they start achieving really great things. I think this is a nice way to reward that.”
The memorial concert was planned by NAfME, Graser and Gibbs to raise money for the scholarship. They have also been raising money through word of mouth, di-rect donations from faculty paychecks, and a link online where anyone can donate.
In addition to NAfME, other student groups volunteered to assist with the concert including, the American Cho-ral Directors Association, the American String Teachers Association, Phi Mu Al-pha, Sigma Alpha Iota, the saxophone studio and Kappa Kappa Psi.
President of NAfME Angela Schmitt said they decided to hold a concert be-cause it was the best way to help so many students be involved and for music stu-dents to express themselves.
“Obviously music is a way that we communicate that we all understand a lot more than words. We’re musicians, so that’s what we know how to do,” Schmitt said. “We thought that was best that we could convey a lot more emotionally, and it offers a lot more opportunity for other students to play a role in this without hav-ing to talk a lot about it, because they don’t know him or they don’t want to speak be-cause it takes an emotional toll.”
Graser said students chose to per-form pieces that they felt were represen-tative of remembering someone.
“More so than most performances, it is an extremely personal one for all those people involved because they knew Alex,” Graser said. “What you see on stage in their performances is an extremely per-sonal investment. They don’t get degree credit for this, this is just something that they’re doing because they wanted to.”
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Students, professors team up for musical performance
rand Valley State University’s the-ater department will be present-ing a classic
Italian drama that will raise questions concerning human identity and reality, as well as offer a new perspective on theater itself.
Written by Luigi Pirandello, “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” is a story of six “unfin-ished” characters that spring to life and confront a theater director and his crew in order
to tell their own stories. Emily Wilburn plays one of these six characters and said this perfor-mance won’t be anything the audience expects it to be.
“It’s not your everyday show,” Wilburn said. “I think it would be cool for people to come out and see the show because it will stretch their imagination a little bit more and open them up mentally to different ideas of theater. That’s the main purpose of the theater department here on campus.”
Roger Ellis, a GVSU the-ater professor, said directing this production has been challenging because the
structure itself is compli-cated. He said Pirandello’s intention in writing these six characters was to give the im-pression that they are other-worldly, no matter how much they resemble other people.
In order to capture this effect there are several slow-motion moments, strange lighting effects and the six characters wear masks during the performance. Ellis said he would encourage students to attend a showing of this production because it can provoke critical thinking and questioning of what is real and what is constructed.
“Most of our students are used to watching very tradi-tional ways of acting in sitcoms and movies and I think they need to step back and remain critical of what they’re watch-ing and realize it’s all just con-structed,” Ellis said.
Seth Burton, a GVSU the-ater student, said this perfor-mance is educational and can teach the audience something about what theater actually is.
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HONOR: The GVSU Saxophone Ensemble plays two pieces at the Alex Aninos Scholarship Recital on March 25. Aninos was a saxophone student at GVSU. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
GUNNING DOWN: Catcher Brody Andrews fires a ball down to second base during Grand Valley State’s first game against Saginaw Valley State in Allendale on March 26. The Lakers swept the games. GVL | EMILY FRYE
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TRACK AND FIELD TRIO RECEIVE AWARDS
Grand Valley State track and field athletes Sean Wells, Angela Ritter and Jaime Roberts each picked up GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors for the opening weekend of the outdoor season, perform-ing well at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational in Conway, South Carolina from March 17-19.
The Lakers also competed at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge on March 19.
Wells was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, Ritter was tabbed as Women’s Track Athlete of the Week and Roberts was named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week.
Wells hit the NCAA provision-al mark in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing second with a time of 14.12. That time is good for sec-ond overall in the NCAA.
Ritter also hit an NCAA pro-visional qualifying mark with a time of 11.87 in the preliminary of the 100-meter dash.
Additionally, Ritter’s ninth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (24.21) got her a provisional mark, and was part of a relay team that finished sixth in the 4x400 relay (3:46.99).
Roberts earned a first-place finish and an automatic qualify-ing mark in the pole vault at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge. Roberts hit a mark of 4.02 me-ters (13’ 2.25”), finishing first.
Roberts also competed at the USF Bulls Invitational on March 18, and finished third in the pole vault at 4.00 meters (13’ 1.5”).
TWO LAKERS TAKE PART IN NRA RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP
Grand Valley State’s shoot-ing club had two representatives at the NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship in Columbus, Georgia, from March 18-20.
Senior Gregory Quante and junior Alex Cyburt took part in the air rifle and small bore rifle events, which are both scored with a maximum of 600 points.
Quante scored 496 in the small bore event for a 63rd place overall finish, and a 539 in the air rifle for a 44th-place finish.
Cyburt scored a 440 in the small bore for an 82nd-place finish, and a 501 in the air rifle to place him 70th overall.
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Grand Valley State has an-nounced six GVSU baseball games that will be televised on CN900 (Comcast/Xfinity), and also simulcast on www.gvsulakers.com.
Two games against Wayne State on April 9, two more games against the Warriors the next day on April 10 and two games against Hillsdale on May 1 will be televised.
The Lakers are currently 11-7-1 (2-0-0 GLIAC) and are on a two-game winning streak.
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SOFTBALLTuesday 3:30 p.m. at Wayne State (doubleheader)Thursday 1 p.m. at Notre Dame College (doubleheader)
BASEBALLTuesday noon at Saginaw Valley State (doubleheader)Saturday 1 p.m. at Ashland (doubleheader)
LACROSSEFriday 6 p.m. at Tiffin
TRACK AND FIELDFriday-Saturday at Stanford Invitational (Stanford, California)Friday-Saturday EIU Big Blue Classic (Charleston, Illinois)
M. GOLFSaturday-Sunday at NCAA Midwest Regional No. 3 (Batavia, Ohio)
trong pitching, mostly clean field-ing and a timely walk highlighted the start of the GLIAC season for the Grand Valley State baseball team, which swept Saginaw Valley
State in a home doubleheader on March 26.“Consistency, that’s the biggest thing for this
team right now is consistency,” said GVSU head coach Jamie Detillion. “We’ve had a couple good days, we’ve had a couple bad days, we start our conference like this, of course this is how we wanted to start, the biggest thing for us right now is consistency, keeping it rolling and let two wins turn into a good handful.”
The Lakers (11-7-1, 2-0-0 GLI-AC) were originally scheduled to open GLIAC play at SVSU (8-11-0, 0-0-2 GLIAC), but weather concerns flipped the venue to Al-lendale, where clear skies, calm winds and sunshine reigned.
Senior Josh Griffith opened game one on the bump for GVSU, and got tagged for three runs in the first inning, though one unearned run was aided by an Anthony Vil-lar error at third base. Griffith settled in, however, and finished after five innings with three runs allowed, six hits and three walks.
The Lakers chipped away at the lead. In the third inning, second baseman Johnny Nate led off and was hit by a pitch. The next bat-ter, catcher Brody Andrews, knocked a double
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rand Valley State softball is not for the faint of heart. The Lakers opened con-ference play over the
weekend on the road with four one-run games and squeaked away with three victories.
GVSU (18-4, 3-1 GLIAC) split a doubleheader against Ashland on March 25, and then held off Lake Erie twice on March 26 by scores of 5-4 (10 innings) and 3-2.
Entering Friday’s GLIAC opener against Ashland (10-13, 1-3 GLI-AC), the Lakers were 9-0 when scoring in the first inning. So, when GVSU uncorked four runs in the opening frame on a three-run triple from freshman Shannon Flaherty and an RBI single from junior Kelsey Dominguez, it looked like smooth sailing would ensue.
But, an ongoing problem throughout the weekend helped sink the ship: errors.
“We need to shore up our de-fense in key situations,” said GVSU head coach Dana Callihan. “For the most part it’s good, but when we get into those tight spots, that’s when something bad happens.”
While GVSU massively hurt it-self by committing 10 errors over the four games, it’s still hard to overlook the fact that the Lakers scored in the first inning of every game — outscoring their oppo-nents 10-1 in the opening frame.
“We got some pretty aggressive hitters at the top of our lineup,” Callihan said. “The thing that’s frustrating is we are getting ahead and then letting the other teams fight their way back into it.”
Starting pitcher Courtney
Reinhold and the Lakers held Ashland to one run through four innings in the first game, but the Eagles’ attack eventually cashed in to score five runs across the fifth and sixth innings.
With GVSU trailing 6-4 in the top of seventh, consecutive one-out doubles by senior Chelsea Horvath and sophomore Teagan Shomin pulled the Lakers within one run. Shomin even moved up to within 60 feet away from tying the game, but that’s as far as she would get.
Senior McKenze Supernaw lined out to the hot corner and the Lakers lost their fourth game of the season in heartbreaking fashion, 6-5
“It sucks that it didn’t go our way,” said junior Jenna Lenza. “Hopefully it doesn’t hurt us too much (confer-ence-wise) as the season goes on.”
After getting knocked around and allowing a season-high 12 hits in the first game, the senior and freshman pitching tandem of Sara Andrasik and Allison Lipovsky cut that hit total in half in the nightcap.
Ashland starting pitcher Brit-tany Flanigan, on the other hand, was pulled after facing three bat-ters and failing to record an out. The damage was dealt by a leadoff Shomin single and a ground-rule double for classmate Kaylie Rhy-nard that set the stage for Lenza’s first home run of the season.
A Horvath RBI single in the bot-tom of the fourth inning had GVSU leading Ashland 4-0 for the second time in the doubleheader. Similar to the first game, the Eagles mount-ed their comeback in the fifth and sixth innings. Ashland scored three runs off four hits and an error.
The Lakers remained confi-dent and calm when faced with
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BASERUNNER: Junior Ali Vander Meer waits to leave the bag during Grand Valley State’s home doubleheader against Saginaw Valley State. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFFSEE SOFTBALL | A8
down the right field line to score Nate. Andrews advanced to third on a grounder, and scored on a balk by SVSU star pitcher Michael Ellenbest.
GVSU tied the score up in the fifth inning, as center fielder Alex Young singled, then stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error from the SVSU catcher. Soon after, right field-er Keith Browning lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to tie the game at 3-3.
Tim Tarter came in in relief of Griffith, and tossed 1.1 innings of shutout ball. GVSU closer Matt Williams entered the game in the seventh for what turned out to be an extended appearance, and blanked the Cardinals through the next 2.2 innings, allowing no hits and issuing just one walk.
The game, which was sched-uled for seven innings, continued
into extras until the Lakers loaded the bases and Young drew a seven-pitch walkoff walk to give GVSU a 4-3 win in the conference opener. Williams earned his first win of the season.
“It’s a good sign of what is to come for our team because I think we’re a competitive group and that’s good to see, especially going down 3-0,” Detillion said. “The way we just kind of hung around and clawed and scratched and fought our way through and pulled it off at the end. It was a good team win.”
GVSU season-ace Kyle Lawson got the start in game two, and though the Cardinals made solid contact often, Lawson and the Laker defense were able to keep SVSU off the scoreboard the majority of the contest.
Lawson dealt six strong innings, allow-ing seven hits, two walks and one run, while striking out two. The Lakers never trailed, snagging a 3-1 win in game two.
“It’s just a matter of finding my pitches before the game,” Lawson said after picking up his fourth win of the season. “Today I didn’t have my changeup working, which didn’t help me out, but before, my curveball and changeup have really helped me out.”
Williams opened the scoring by plating Young on a sacrifice fly in the third inning. The Lakers
“It’s a good sign of what is to come for our team because
I think we’re a competitive group and that’s good to
see.”
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SETTING THE PACE: Jessica Janecke (4) runs on the track during the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Meet in Jan. 2015. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
Open Auditions for: Measure for Measure, directed by: Roger Ellis
Bard To Go, directed by: Michael Mueller
Where: Performing Arts Center, Room 1506 When: Sunday, April 3 7:30pm to 9:30pm Monday, April 4 3:00pm to 5:00pm Call Backs: TBA Performance Dates: Measure for Measure: Sept. 30 to Oct. 9, 2016
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the familiar flashback.“We weren’t going to let that hap-
pen again,” Lenza said.Lipovsky stepped in to relieve
Andrasik with two outs in the sixth inning with runners on second and third. She pitched out of the tough spot and then preserved the one-run lead in the final frame to earn her first collegiate save, 4-3.
In Saturday’s doubleheader against Lake Erie (8-12, 0-4 GLIAC) a few more nervous moments were had.
But, before getting into that, junior Ellie Balbach continued the theme of lighting up the scoreboard early by
hitting her second home run of the season to left-center field in the first inning to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead.
GVSU and Lake Erie traded runs in the third inning. The Storm came within a run in the bottom of the fourth on a passed ball, but a Balbach double stretched the Lakers’ lead back out to 4-2 in the next half inning.
Returning to the drama, Li-povsky found herself back in trouble after 6.1 innings of work. This time, however, she wasn’t able to wiggle out of it. The tying runs reached base on an error and single, were moved over on a sacrifice bunt and eventu-ally scored on a two-out double.
Contrary to what happened the day before against Ashland, Lipovsky went out, and Andrasik came in.
Andrasik stranded the winning run on third base to force extra in-nings, and then did the same thing again in the bottom of eight in-ning after hitting the leadoff batter. She weathered the Storm for long enough for Lenza to come to her aid and deliver an RBI double in the top of the 10th inning to nudge the Lakers to victory, 5-4.
“It’s a good feeling to get the win for your team,” Lenza said. “We needed that win to help our confidence and help us start off well in the second game.”
Customary to GLIAC rules, the teams flipped who batted first in the second game. Lake Erie, lead-ing off, went up 1-0 early on an-other Laker miscue.
Unfazed and accustomed to quick starts, the Lakers evened the score in their half of the opening frame on a sacrifice fly by Lenza.
Supernaw doubled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fourth inning only to have the Storm scrape together a run off a bunt single, a stolen base and a passed ball to tie the game at two apiece in the top of the sixth.
Then, in the seventh, another GVSU fielding error caused problems. The Lake Erie go-ahead run reached second base, but Balbach used her arm to get out of the inning and pres-ent the Lakers with a chance to end the weekend on a winning note.
Balbach pitched a complete game, gave up four hits and two runs (zero earned).
Avoiding more extra innings, freshman Rachel Terwilliger coaxed a walk to lead off the bottom of the sev-enth, stole second base and then was sacrificed over to third base. Rhynard then played the hero bring Terwil-liger home on a walk-off single.
But, Rhynard was quick to redi-rect all the praise to Terwilliger.
“It wasn’t a great hit, but Rachel made a really good read on the ball and forced the play at home,” Rhy-nard said. “Really, it was her effort and not so much the hit, but I’m still excited that it all worked out.”
The Lakers will travel to Detroit next for a doubleheader against GLIAC rival and nationally ranked No. 18 Wayne State (25-4, 4-0 GLI-AC) on March 29 at 3:30 p.m.
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rand Valley State track and field tested itself at the Raleigh Relays from March 25-
26 on the campus of North Carolina State University.
Eight Lakers competed in the Raleigh Relays — three women and five men. Despite the lack of GVSU partici-pants, the Lakers were able to reach six provisional qualify-ing marks during the meet.
This was the first appear-ance of the 2016 outdoor sea-son by the Laker long distance runners. GVSU showed well despite being up against a ma-jority of Division I competition.
Junior Chris May started the Lakers off on a high note, coming only a few seconds
short of an automatic mark in the men’s 5,000-meter run on March 25. His time of 14:05.86 was good for 17th place.
“It was a huge highlight,” said GVSU head coach Jerry Baltes. “It was a 15-second per-sonal record for him. He ran very well the whole race, very consistent. I’m pretty confident he’ll get in (to nationals). It’s great to see that breakthrough. For the last three years he has been stuck on the outside look-ing in at nationals, so this was a great performance.”
In the women’s 10,000-me-ter run, GVSU earned two more provisional marks. Se-nior Amy Cymerman cruised to a 17th-place finish with a time of 35:26.26. Finishing just four places behind Cy-merman was senior Jessica Ja-necke with a time of 35:38.12.
“They were hoping for a
little bit better,” Baltes said. “They weren’t feeling the great-est, but they still ran a hard, tough race. They can both run much faster than they did. It just wasn’t their day.”
The men followed Cy-merman and Janecke in the 10,000-meter run with three provisional marks of their own. Senior Kyle Flores led the way, crossing the finish line in 30:01.79 to finish 26th overall. Finishing in 34th place was senior Chad Cini with a time of 30:25.32. Com-pleting the race in 30:49.30 was junior Nate Orndorf, who finished in 47th place.
“Kyle Flores led the way,” Baltes said. “It was almost a personal record for him, but he was hoping for a little bit faster. That time got him in (to na-tionals) last year though.
“All three of them were
solid. They’ve all got more in them, but you can only run so many 10,000s before your legs wear out, so we’ll have to pick and choose where they run going forward to try and get faster times.”
GVSU will continue to travel around the country in the upcoming weeks as it seeks out warmer temperatures and more consistent weather.
The GVSU track and field athletes will head two different directions on April 1 and 2. The majority of the team will travel to Charleston, Illinois for the EIU Big Blue Classic, while a select few others will make the trek to Stanford, California for the Stanford Invitational.
“We’ll probably send about 40 to 50 athletes be-tween the men’s and women’s teams, and try to get things rolling at EIU,” Baltes said.
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added another on Browning’s second sacri-fice fly of the day in the fifth inning, as the speedy Young scored again.
SVSU got a run back in the top of the sixth off Lawson, but GVSU added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning as left fielder Seth Johnson doubled to score catcher Connor Glick.
Despite throwing 40 pitches the game before, Williams entered the game to close
in the top of the seventh, making short work of the Cardinals in a 1-2-3 inning to earn his fifth save of the season.
“I felt good,” Williams said. “I could’ve gone more in the first game if we needed to and I could’ve gone more this game if we
needed to. In between games (Detillion) was like, ‘What do you think?’ And I said, ‘One, two (innings) if you need it.’”
The Lakers will travel to Saginaw for the second leg of the series in a double-header on March 29.
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he Grand Valley State la-crosse team never trailed in two games over the weekend. In fact, neither game was close. Laker
head coach Alicia Groveston still wants to see more from her team.
“I’m happy we put some points on the board, some of the goals we had were absolutely beautiful,” Groveston said following the game against McK-endree. “But I think for us, all cylin-ders have to fire in a game. Our de-fense has to be playing as well as our offense. Our offense has to be playing as well as our defense.”
No. 8 GVSU stomped McKendree 23-11 a day before routing Indianapo-lis 15-4 on March 25 and 26. The two games marked the opening of GLIAC play for the Lakers, and both games were played in Allendale.
The Lakers (4-3, 2-0 GLIAC) re-turned home after a long stretch against top opponents to start the sea-son, largely located on the East Cost.
“It feels awesome, especially with such a beautiful weekend,” said ju-nior Ryan Skomial. “We really antic-ipated some nasty weather, so it was really great and motivating to come out here and have the sun shining and having our parents being able to come out here.
“It’s nice being able to come back home.”
GVSU opened against McKend-ree (3-4, 2-1 GLIAC). Bearcat goal-tender Amy Porta faced a lose-lose situation all game, as the Lakers fired off 50 shots, 37 of which found their way on net.
GVSU opened up an early 9-1 lead, but headed into the locker room up just 13-7 thanks to a four-goal McK-endree run near the end of the half.
Bearcat attack Paige Salthouse potted her fourth goal of the game early in the second half, then GV-SU’s Erika Neumen took over. Neu-men scored a natural hat trick in just over a minute of play.
“In my mind she’s one of the best players in the country when she’s do-ing what she needs to do, and she can do anything,” Groveston said. “The great thing (is) she didn’t do it alone. She got fed on a couple, she got a great screen on another, another great pick to get open, so she couldn’t do it alone. Those were team goals.”
The Lakers rolled the rest of the contest. Neumen led GVSU with six goals. She leads the team with 20 goals this season. Sophomore Meghan Datema added four goals, while Skomial, Kira Dosenberry and Caro-lyn Kraus each grabbed three.
Groveston switched goaltenders at halftime, as starter Sarah Zwilsky allowed seven goals and made just one save in the first half. Sophomore Brianna DeMilia made six saves and allowed four goals in the second half.
“We weren’t doing what we need to
do, (not) collapsing at all, I think that was unfortunate,” Groveston said. “We didn’t help our goalkeepers out at all when it comes to the ground balls in front of the crease.”
GVSU hit the turf again the next day against first-year program India-napolis (2-6, 0-3 GLIAC). The Lakers tightened up defensively, but didn’t light the scoreboard up as much, se-curing a 15-4 win. GVSU let 40 shots go against the Greyhounds.
“I think defensively we really bounced back well,” Groveston said. “We caused 16 of their 28 turnovers. I think (the defense) felt they had a point to prove, which was nice to see that redemption.”
The Lakers led 10-1 at halftime, but outscored Indianapolis just 5-3 in the second half, partially due to using subs off the bench. Skomial, Neumen and Dosenberry each recorded hat tricks.
Zwislky and DeMilia again split the game in net. Zwislky had a bounce-back performance, making five saves on six shots, while DeMilia allowed three goals on four shots on net.
The Lakers have won the GLIAC all three seasons of the conference’s ex-istence, and have yet to lose a confer-ence game. Earlier this year, Groveston said she expects some teams in the league to test the Lakers in 2016.
GVSU will play two of those teams — Tiffin and Findlay — on April 1 and 3. Both games will take place in Allendale.
hen a team has success in any sport, the spot-light usually shines down on
the players and the head coach. In this case, the assistant coach is worthy of some love.
Grand Valley State diving coach Steve Burciaga recent-ly was named the NCAA Division II Diving Coach of the Year — an award voted on by other coaches.
“It’s such a great honor when you are voted by your peers and knowing there are so many great programs out there,” Burciaga said. “It is not something you strive for since there are so many more im-portant goals to achieve.”
He guided his seven stu-dent-athlete divers to the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis. While there, the group garnered an individual national title, 14 All-Amer-ican honors and scored a GVSU championship-record 144 combined points.
“He has recruited many great divers and has helped all of the divers and has helped all of the other divers to maintain success,” said fresh-man diver Brad Dalrymple. “By him winning coach of the year means that all of our accomplishments were recog-nized throughout the year.”
Dalrymple won GVSU’s first individual national cham-pionship when he took the 1-meter title with a score of 540.45. Four men’s divers, Dal-rymple, Jared Gregory, Ian Ellis
and Joe Gucwa, earned eight All-American honors between the 1 and 3-meter boards.
“Steve did an incred-ible job with the divers this year,” said GVSU head coach Andy Boyce. “For Steve to win coach of the year, it truly shows how strong Grand Val-ley diving is on the national scene. It really just shows the commitment that the divers have made to improving.”
As for the women’s side, senior Taylor Wiercinski led the way with a second-place finish on the 1-meter board and a third-place finish on the 3-meter board at the NCAA Championships. In addition to her performance, juniors Anna Barry and Kayla Marquardt earned four All-American awards at the NCAA champi-onships.
This is Burciaga’s fourth year at GVSU. He has now coached a total of 16 years at the colle-giate, high school, AAU and the USA Junior Olympic levels.
His classes of successful divers include state champi-ons and national champions. It started with his son, Nick, who won a state championship, and Burciaga has now led Dalrym-ple to a national title at GVSU. They aren’t the only notable stars to learn under Burciaga, who also coached GVSU Ath-letic Director Tim Selgo’s son in high school to a state meet.
Burciaga asks a lot from his divers. In the end, though, he knows all their hard work will pay off thanks to their dedication.
“It is a very long season with practicing up to 20 hours a week — swim meets, long bus rides, going to class and
taking care of homework,” he said. “While the majority of programs in the nation may have one or two national-level divers to focus on, we have seven divers maintaining a high level of diving.”
As the diving coach, Burcia-ga focuses primarily on helping his divers get the most out of themselves and maximize their potential. He helped junior Jar-ed Gregory have an undefeated GLIAC season thanks to hard work in the summer.
“He pushed me hard to get better, especially in the summer,” Gregory said. “His push and drive allowed me to get better and take this season head-on.”
Burciaga’s honor brings recognition to GVSU’s diving team, and highlights the all-too-often overlooked role of
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HYPED UP: Carolyn Kraus runs through her teammates as the starting lineup is announced prior to GVSU’s game against UIndy on March 26. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
COACH AND CREW: Grand Valley State diving coach Steve Burciaga poses with the Laker divers after being honored with the NCAA Division II Diving Coach of the Year award. COURTESY | GVSU ATHLETICS
RIP IT: Freshman Bryce Messner works on his irons during a practice session at the Meadows Golf Course driving range on August 28, 2015. GVSU won its last meet. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
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he Grand Valley State men’s golf team ran away with first place at the GLIAC South In-vitational in Lexington, Ken-tucky from March 25-26. The
win marks the second GLIAC tournament victory of the season for the Lakers.
GVSU finished day one of the tourna-ment in first place after shooting a 307 (+19). The Lakers looked upped their game in round two, shooting a 290 (+2), marking a 17-stroke improvement from round one.
“We didn’t play 17 shots better. We definitely played better, the biggest fac-tor was just the weather,” said GVSU head coach Gary Bissell.
The weather during round one consisted of nearly freezing temperatures along with rain and wind, making the course wet and much more challenging to play. On day two, the temperature rose 20 degrees, with mini-mal wind and dry conditions. Bissell said it was like playing two totally different courses.
The Lakers concluded the tourna-ment with a score of 597 (+21), edging second-place Tiffin by six strokes. The other 11 members of the GLIAC had trouble competing, as the Lakers won in a convincing manner.
All four Laker scorers placed inside the top 10 individually.
“We’ve been preaching about our depth all year and that’s how we were able to win this golf tournament,” Bissell said. “It really was a team effort, and our depth gives us an opportunity to compete in any tournament we play in.”
Redshirt junior Alex Nannetti led the Lakers in scoring with a total of 148 (+4), and shot the fourth-best individual
score for the tournament. Nannetti was performing well in multiple phases of the game, and credits most of his success to his ball-striking ability.
“I took a step mentally by focusing on the process of each shot,” Nannetti said.
Just behind Nannetti were sophomore Domenic Mancinelli and freshman Bryce Messner — two young golfers the Lakers have become used to seeing shoot well.
Messner got off to a bumpy start in round one shooting nine strokes over par. Messner found a way to turn it around the following day by shooting an impressive 68 (-4), jump-ing 30 spots in the individual leaderboard.
“I didn’t putt very well in the first round,” Messner said. “I just changed my mindset and just played one shot at a time and it worked out.”
The Lakers now have won both GLIAC Invitational events this season, after grab-bing a win at the GLIAC North Invitational in South Haven, Michigan on Sept. 20, 2015. The Lakers are glad to win, but want to avoid becoming complacent.
“We’re always happen to win, but we’re just focused on the next one now,” Messner said.
The Lakers plan to continue to work hard and improve. GVSU will look to elimi-nate short game mistakes and three-putts on holes. Bissell believes the team tends to give away stokes from mistakes that are fixable.
“We’re on our way, but we got bigger things ahead,” Bissell said.
The Lakers’ next tournament will be a bit more challenging as it consists of powerful non-conference teams. Bissell is unsure if the way his team competed in this tournament will be enough to win in tournaments later in the season.
Next, the Lakers travel to Batavia, Ohio to compete in the NCAA Midwest Re-gional No. 3 from April 2-3.
o, I was wrong.Last week, I
wrote a column predicting that Grand Valley State’s
women’s basketball team would lose to Pittsburg State in the Elite Eight. The Lakers went on to up-set the Gorillas, 59-56, and did pretty much everything I said they wouldn’t be able to do. Let’s see just how wrong I was.
“The Gorillas have three ca-pable forwards with size who could give the Lakers some issues on both sides of the ball. 6-foot-2-inch center Kylie Gafford aver-ages 13.5 PPG and 5.9 RPG, and 6-foot-1-inch power forward Cathy Brugman averages 13.6 PPG and 4.5 RPG.”
They do, huh? Against the Lakers, Gafford and Brugman combined for a pedestrian 5-of-17 shooting and just eight rebounds.
But wait.“That’s not all. In the
NCAA Tournament, the Go-rillas have only used one play-er off of the bench extensively, 5-foot-11-inch redshirt fresh-man Madison Northcutt. She averages four RPG, and gives the Gorillas a third capable forward with superior size.”
Northcutt had six points and four rebounds in 14 min-utes of action. That’s not a bad performance, but I made it sound like they had a 7-foot terror coming off the bench.
“…time will tell if (the Lakers) go four games in row with a win despite getting outrebounded. Against the Gorillas, that’s going to be a tall order. Literally.”
The Lakers outrebounded an opponent for the first time in the NCAA Tournament against the Gorillas, 42-32.
“With the pressure the
Lakers will face inside, they must have a stellar perfor-mance from 3-point range.”
The Lakers shot only 5-of-17 as team from behind the arc, for a shooting percentage of 29.4 per-cent. Yet, they still got the W.
“But, I think the No. 2 seed Gorillas have all of the ingredients to stifle the Lak-ers’ crazy run.”
Negative. It was the Lak-ers who did the stifling, and advanced to their second Fi-nal Four in program history. Their 26 wins were the third-most in program history.
“And that, ladies and gentleman, is the great thing about March Madness — any-thing can happen.”
Maybe the only thing of value I said in the entire column.
I was wrong to doubt the Lakers. They overcame inju-ries, top-ranked opponents and tuned out pundits like myself who said they couldn’t do it.
The Lakers have a lot to look forward to next season. The only major loss is senior guard Bri-onna Barnett, but with the emer-gence of Janae Langs, who has made a living in the fourth quar-ter, this is hardly an area of con-cern. Other than that, they return every major piece to the puzzle.
The starting five should look something like this: Taylor Lutz (G), Janae Langs (G), Bailey Cairnduff (F), Kayla Dawson (F) and Piper Tucker (C).
Look for forward Taylor Par-mley to get starting-level min-utes. The redshirt freshman put on a show in the NCAA Tour-nament, and made plays when it mattered, including a game-clinching steal against the Goril-las. In that game, she recorded her first double-double with 19 points and 11 boards.
Dawson, the team’s leading scorer at 14.6 points per game, was basically a non-factor in the playoffs with an ankle in-jury suffered in the GLIAC Championship against Ashland on March 6. If the Lakers were able to do what they did without her, it’s scary to think what they could accomplish with a healthy Dawson in her senior year.
The players bought into first-year coach Mike Williams’ sys-tem, and their adherence to the system is only going to improve
next season. The defensive-minded coach, with a successful season under his belt, is going to take this team to the next level.
It will be interesting to see what strides Langs’ game will make next year. The softball-basketball dual-sport athlete was a jack-of-all-trades guard for the Lakers who could score, rebound and run the offense all from the guard spot.
Her postseason magic, which consisted of three game-winning shots, seemed to come naturally to her. Regardless, the Lakers will ask for a repeat performance from her next season, and I think she’s more than capable.
The Lakers also return Lind-say Baker, who is basically an au-tomatic 3-pointer off the bench. Look for Baker to try to break GVSU’s single-game 3-point field goal record (11), which is currently held by former guard Kat LaPrairie. Baker broke the record for most 3-pointers made in a season this year (77).
Speaking of the bench, who knows which newcomers will make their presence known in the 2016-17 season? With how loaded the roster already is, any more contributors would pro-vide extra fuel to a quickly pro-pelling Laker machine.
The GLIAC North, while not a tap-in, will come down to GVSU, Michigan Tech and Saginaw Valley State. SVSU gets GLIAC leading scorer Emily Wendling, a senior to-be, back, and MTU retains almost all of its current unit. Both of these teams, however, were left in the Lakers’ wake during the postseason, and one would assume GVSU is the favorite out of the three.
If there’s anything to take from this, it’s that you shouldn’t doubt the Lakers. They worked with what they had, no mat-ter what the basketball gods put them through, and made one of the more memorable runs in GVSU athletic history.
A fully stocked, fully healthy GVSU squad could make some serious noise next season. It has me almost wanting to say some-thing that rhymes with “jack-to-jack” and “spinal pour,” but I won’t go there. It’s too early.
Don’t doubt the Lakers next season — take it from the guy who did.
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